The largest and best-preserved Buddhist temple in Chengdu, founded in the Tang dynasty and rebuilt in the seventeenth century. Five courtyards strung with incense smoke lead through halls of gilded bodhisattvas to a quiet garden at the back. The vegetarian restaurant inside is excellent, and the surrounding teahouses make this one of the most pleasant half-days you can spend in the city.
Wenshu Monastery
Tang-dynasty Buddhist temple with a great vegetarian restaurant